Matthew Lyon was re-elected from prison after being convicted by these laws, which targeted the editor of the Philadelphia Aurora, Benjamin Franklin B
Matthew Lyon was re-elected from prison after being convicted by these laws, which targeted the editor of the Philadelphia Aurora, Benjamin Franklin Bache. These laws were passed during the Quasi-War. They were deemed unconstitutional by the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. The first three were designed to target French citizens in order to weaken the Democratic-Republican Party. The last one made it a crime to criticize the government or the president. For 10 points, name these four laws passed in 1798 under John Adams that allowed the government to imprison foreigners or dissenters.
Matthew Lyon was re-elected from prison after being convicted by these laws, which targeted the editor of the Philadelphia Aurora, Benjamin Franklin Bache.
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